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This issue of The News-Reporter features our annual pages of Wilkes County babies (and some grandchildren) born during 2008. All the arrivals of the babies were announced in The News- Reporter when they were born. More...

Readers of Run with the Horsemen and The Whisper of the River will welcome this short account of Christmas days in Sams' youth. If you are not familiar with his writing, this book would be a good beginning. More...

The Reese J. Booker Scholarship Committee is having its annual Scholarship Program at the Marks Tabernacle Baptist Church at 6 p.m. on December 28. Minister Paula Andrews is scheduled to be the guest preacher. More...

Georgia State Patrol troopers from Washington's Post 17 will join Washington police and Wilkes County sheriff's deputies using sobriety checkpoints next week to watch for unbelted passengers and drivers who may have drunk too deeply of the season's More...

Now, from anywhere on earth, people can not only virtually fly over Washington-Wilkes using the internet portal Google Earth, they can zoom down to a street-level view of most streets, roads, buildings, and homes in the county. More...

Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin has granted a special 24-hour permit waiving the routine identification and other health requirements for nine flying reindeer slated to visit Georgia on the evening of December 24 and in the early mo More...

Two Washington-Wilkes Band students have earned seats in the ninth and tenth grade District 10 Honor Band. John Pope has made first chair baritone saxophone; and Michael Pharr has made third chair trumpet in the band. More...

This beautiful red coonhound is a friendly and gentle dog. She is vaccinated and will be spayed. With her good temperament she would be a good companion pet as well as a hunting dog. She needs caring home. More...

TO THE EDITOR: Christmas at Callaway 2008 was a big success with over 170 visitors. Thanks to the many people who made donations and volunteered tireless hours with a smile to make sure the guests got into the Christmas spirit. More...

Funeral services for Frederick Thomas Weidner, 50, of Washington were held Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Washington, with Father Chris Williamson officiating. Interment was in Washington-Wilkes Memorial Gardens. More...

Graveside services for VoHammie J. Johnson, 83, of Hendersonville, N.C., formerly of Spruce Pine, N.C., will be held at Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 28, 2008. She died Saturday, December 13, following a brief illness. More...

Funeral services for Hattie Mae Wesley, 74, were held Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Pauline Chapel Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas with Rev. G.L. Avery officiating. Interment was in City West Cemetery, Washington. More...

The Optimist Club of Washington is sponsoring an ATV raffle. Tickets are available for $5.00 each or five for $20 from any Optimist Club member, or at the main office and downtown office of Farmers and Merchants Bank, More...